BRAHMS / DVORÁK / SUK

 

Cello Sonatas

 

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38

1 Allegro non troppo, 2 Allegretto quasi menuetto, 3 Allegro

 

Antonín Dvorák: 4 Waldesruhe Op 68 No 5, 5 Rondo in G minor Op 94

 

Josef Suk: 6 Ballade in D minor Op 3 No 1, 7 Serenade in A major Op 3 No 2

 

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 in F major Op 99

8 Allegro vivace, 9 Adagio affettuoso, 10 Allegro passionato, 11 Allegro molto

 

Steven Isserlis - cello, Stephen Hough - piano

 

Twenty-one years ago the young Steven Isserlis, for his debut recording, made a disc of the Brahms cello sonatas which received superb reviews and became one of Hyperion’s early best-sellers. Now regarded as one of the great cellists of our time, Steven has revisited these works—this time in partnership with his equally high-profile colleague Stephen Hough—to give us his latest thoughts on these masterpieces.

 

Described by Isserlis in his eloquent booklet notes as cornerstones of the repertory, Brahms’s two cello sonatas perfectly convey the passion their composer had for the instrument which he mastered in his youth.

 

This new recording also includes charming pieces by Dvorák and Suk, both of whom were influenced by Brahms.

 

Hyperion CDA67529